I want to welcome Skookum as our newest author at Flopping Aces. With that honor comes his own Icon which will be placed amongst our other great authors.
His bio:
Skookum or Skook is a dual citizen of the US and Canada, but in Canada, he has only lived in British Columbia and Alberta. Skookum is a common Indian word from the Northwest that means ‘heavy duty’. Skook is the least educated of the authors and possibly of all the readers. He has been a professional horseman throughout his entire life and has the scars and broken bones for documentation. His horse work has necessitated travel all over North America and Western Europe. Business and a divorce settlement brought about a residence in the desert of Southern California, a place he once said he would never live. A devoted fan of Ju-Jitsu, boxing, and Kendo, a catastrophic horse wreck 5 years ago, left him unable to train with the MMA fighters; his sparring partners, enjoyed his unorthodox fighting styles and gave him the nick name ‘Poppa Bear’. They said the name evolved by grabbing a hold of him and feeling as if they had grabbed a hold of a Grizzly Bear and of course he was almost twice as old as everyone, so Poppa was a term of affection. It is a nickname he is proud of, to this day.
A committed Conservative, he has kept an eye on the political scenes of Canada and the US for over 50 years. At home in the Canadian Rockies, Skook maintains that he can survive with an ax, a rifle, and a knife in temperatures down to 50 below and has done it on many occasions. He hopes to semi-retire to a ranch in BC or Alberta in the next few years and maintain his horse business on a much slower key and devote more time to writing about the mountains, the people, and the animals of the Northwest. Skook feels privileged to be writing with the distinguished talent here at Flopping Aces and corresponding with the wits who write commentary.
Welcome Skook!
See author page